Sleep Surgery

Sleep Surgery is a subspecialty of otolaryngologic surgery that encompasses the surgical evaluation and operative management of sleep-disordered breathing—particularly obstructive sleep apnea and related snoring—by enlarging, stabilizing, or otherwise modifying the upper airway to prevent sleep-related airway collapse.

Publications

109.5K

Citations

6.4K

Authors

1.9K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

429

Parents

Otolaryngologic Surgery

Children

Adult Sleep SurgeryDrug-induced Sleep EndoscopyExpansion Sphincter PharyngoplastyGenioglossus AdvancementLingual TonsillectomyMaxillomandibular AdvancementMultilevel Sleep SurgeryPediatric Sleep SurgeryPreoperative Airway EvaluationSleep Surgery Complications

Publications

STOP Questionnaire

Frances Chung, Balaji Yegneswaran, Pu Liao et al. · Anesthesiology · 2008 · 2.3K citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +17

A Randomized Trial of Adenotonsillectomy for Childhood Sleep Apnea

Carole L. Marcus, Reneé H. Moore, Carol L. Rosen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2013 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Medicine, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics +17

Upper-Airway Stimulation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Patrick J. Strollo, Ryan J. Soose, Joachim T. Maurer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2014 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery +14

Surgical Correction of Anatomic Abnormalities in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Shiro Fujita, William Conway, Frank Zorick et al. · Otolaryngology · 1981 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery +17

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and School Performance in Children

David Gozal · PEDIATRICS · 1998 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Child Health, Pediatrics +17

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Authors

6.4K

JT
Joachim T. Maurer
Heidelberg University, Germany
41 publications · 5.2K citations
32
h-index
RW
Robert W. Riley
Stanford University, United States
35 publications · 3.2K citations
27
h-index
NB
Nelson B. Powell
Stanford University, United States
33 publications · 2.9K citations
26
h-index
EJ
Eric J. Kezirian
University of California, San Francisco, United States
27 publications · 2.2K citations
25
h-index
ND
Nico de Vries
Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Netherlands
34 publications · 4.6K citations
24
h-index

1–5 of 6.4K

Institutions

1.9K

1–8 of 1.9K

Venues

The Laryngoscope
235 publications · 13.5K citations
67
h-index
Otolaryngology
230 publications · 14.3K citations
65
h-index
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
58 publications · 5.3K citations
40
h-index
PubMed
Repository · 104 publications · 3.8K citations
38
h-index
CHEST Journal
40 publications · 4.6K citations
33
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